Organizers also announced the 50 attractions and performances that will be set up harborside for the "BGE Light Art Walk," along the Pratt and Light street corridors as part of the festival, set for March 28-April 3.

"There's going to be a little bit of something for everybody," promised Bill Gilmore, executive director of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

In addition to Baltimore's own Deacon (10 p.m. April 2), Philadelphia's Jazzy Jeff (10 p.m. March 31) and musician and Johns Hopkins...

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